Apologies to anybody who put cash on the zombies profitable the Super Bowl: HBO has formally moved the premiere date for the fifth episode of The Last of Us. Episode 5 might be accessible early on HBO Max and HBO On Demand, beginning Feb. 10 at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST, as a substitute of splitting the Sunday night time slot with the Super Bowl.
For those that nonetheless want to watch The Last of Us on HBO’s linear premiere, the new episode will nonetheless air on Feb. 12 at 9 p.m. EST. But do you have to select to do this, you run the threat of lacking the massive sport (although it’ll doubtless air post-Rihanna halftime present, so not less than the greatest half of the night time might be over).
It’s additionally attainable you’ll have the subsequent chapter of Joel and Ellie’s travels by way of Kansas City spoiled for you, since The Last of Us has been pulling document scores for HBO throughout its first few episodes. The fourth episode additionally ended on a cliffhanger, with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) being held at gunpoint.
HBO programming has been defining Sunday nights for a couple of many years at this level. Everything from The Sopranos to Sex and the City. But that schedule has left The Last of Us with a reasonably unenviable subsequent few weeks, with a season overlaying the Sundays of the Oscars, Grammys, and Super Bowl. For now, not less than, HBO notes in its press launch that new episodes of the collection will proceed to air commonly on Sundays.
(*5*)The Last of Us airs commonly on Sundays at 9 p.m. EST. Episode 5 might be accessible on HBO Max and HBO On Demand beginning Feb. 10 at 9 p.m. EST.
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